With the London Olympics 20120 well underway, some athletes have been expelled for racially charged messages on Twitter.
On Monday, the Swiss Olympic Committee banned soccer player Michel Morganella, 23, after his offensive comment following Switzerland's 2-1 loss to South Korea a day earlier. In the message he tweeted in French, Morganella said to beat up South Koreans, that they should "burn" and that they were a "bunch of mongoloids."
Morganella "discriminated against, insulted and violated the dignit" of the South Korean team, as well as the nation's citizens, Swiss committee chief Gian Gilli said Monday in a statement at a news conference.
The Swiss soccer player attempted to apologize on Twitter in French and English, trying to explain that he made his comments in the heat of defeat.
Las week, Olympic competitor Voula Papachristou was removed from the Greek national team posts she made racist remarks on Twitter mocking African immigrants and expressing support for the fascist Golden Dawn Party.
The website Keep Talking Greece translated the offensive tweet by Papachristou (@papaxristoutj):
"With so many Africans in Greece... At least the West Nile mosquitoes will eat home made food!!!"
Papachristou has since removed the controversial tweets and has issued a public apology on her Twitter and Facebook accounts.
"I would like to express my heartfelt apologies for the unfortunate and tasteless joke I published on my personal Twitter account," she wrote in an extended post.
